[Viktor's face falls, slightly--he doesn't want good luck. He kind of wants Sam to do this for him, though he knows he shouldn't ask and he shouldn't expect it. This is his responsibility, and it's unfair to make such a request.

He doesn't deserve assistance, anyway. Not after he built the Hexcore knowing the risks, and then did nothing, when the government stole what they could.]

Reiner's people. I suppose. [Academy officials, the military--there's no difference. Klingel does what she asks, which means that the academia of Cadens is intrinsically tied to both the government and the ways it enacts violence.] Do you remember when they raided my laboratory? When I was in recovery? They took notes on a...device, and a fairly complex system of arcana theory. That I developed.